Trade News

Canadian border protection officers are finally closing in on a new collective contract. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) says a tentative four-year deal is in place after more than four years of on-again, off-again negotiations and court challenges. The long delay in hammering out a new…

The first Designate Quiz of 2018 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on April 5, 2018 to submit your answers online. To access the quiz, you must login to your CSCB account, then click on 1. My CCS -> 2. My CCS Quizzes -> 3. Select the quiz. 2018 Quiz Schedule Available Due Quiz 1 March 15…

Health Canada has provided an information package concerning upcoming regulatory amendments to section 3(1)(f) of the Pest Control Products Regulations (PCPR), the Personal Use Import Exemption, which were published in Canada Gazette Part II in October 2017 and come into force on April 18, 2018…

The Trump administration is pushing for a preliminary NAFTA deal to announce at a summit in Peru next week, and will host cabinet ministers in Washington to try to achieve a breakthrough, according to three people familiar with the talks. The White House wants leaders from Canada and Mexico to join…

Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has removed Section 19.6.2.8 Pathogen Reduction Effort and a new Section 19.13 Pathogen Reduction Programs has been added to the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures. The main objectives of the Pathogen Reduction Program in slaughter…

A) Chapter 04 was published to add the following OGD extensions. 04.06.10.3567 - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd. - Unpasteurized 04.06.10.3567.01 - Mozzarella (Scarmoza) 04.06.10.3567.02 - Partly skimmed mozzarella (partly skimmed Scarmoza) 04.06.10.3567.03 -…

Canada, the United States and Mexico are still "quite a distance away" from agreement on key aspects of a revised North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada's chief NAFTA negotiator said today. Optimism bloomed last week when U.S. negotiators dropped their contentious demand that all vehicles made…

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: E672, CANPASS Application Form https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/e672-eng.html

The following has been updated and is available on the CBSA website: BSF192 - Personal Exemption CBSA Declaration https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf192-eng.h… Use this form if you are a resident of Canada, temporary resident of Canada, or a former resident returning to…

The first Designate Quiz of 2018 is now available. You have until 2 p.m. ET on April 5, 2018 to submit your answers online. To access the quiz, you must login to your CSCB account, then click on 1. My CCS -> 2. My CCS Quizzes -> 3. Select the quiz. 2018 Quiz Schedule Available Due Quiz 1 March 15…

The Bureau’s offices will be closed on Friday, March 30 and Monday, April 2, 2018 (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS and EXCOL systems will be available during normal hours.

Sincere thanks to the clients who already took the time to register for GCcollab and who reported the problems they were experiencing. We are very pleased that this new functionality has already attracted interest. The GCcollab team has confirmed that for the registration process of non-governmental…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed for the Easter holiday from Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 17:00 (Eastern Time) until Monday, April 2, 2018 at 08:00 (Eastern Time). On Monday, April 2…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI and/or the eManifest Portal. Technical Commercial Client Unit (TCCU) office will be closed for the Easter holiday from Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 17:00 (Eastern Time) until Monday, April 2, 2018 at 08:00 (Eastern…

The United States is using the North American free-trade talks to pressure Canada to abandon efforts to curb consumption of unhealthy foods. For the past two years, Health Canada has been working toward a mandatory labelling system for unhealthy foods – a system that would place warning labels on…

Chapter 06 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS codes with the end use “Propagation (growing or sowing)” and miscellaneous code “Without soil, related matter or growing media” originating from the Netherlands. 06.02.90.0023.24 – Andromeda - rooted plants (Pieris spp.)…